This photo taken by Keith Birmingham of the Pasadena Star-News won for "Best UCLA Sports Photo" at the 2016 Press Photographers of Greater Los Angeles Awards on Saturday, April 2, 2016. The photo taken on Oct. 22, 2015 shows UCLA quarterback Jerry Neuheisel prior to a NCAA College Football game against California at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif.

This photo taken by Hans Gutknecht of the Los Angeles Daily News won "Best Still General News Photo" at the 2016 PPAGLA Annual Awards Luncheon on Saturday, April 2, 2016. The photo taken on April 14, 2015 shows the mental health unit at the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s Twin Towers Correctional Facility in downtown Los Angeles, Calif.

Several Southern California News Group photographers won honors Saturday for their work at the Press Photographers of Greater Los Angeles Awards.

The awards recognized great photojournalism in a series of categories across Southern California ranging from spot news to sports coverage.

Here’s how several of our photographers did – their work appearing in many of the group’s properties, which include the Los Angeles Daily News, Riverside Press-Enterprise, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, Daily Breeze, Pasadena Star-News and Orange County Register:

General News

• 1st Place: Hans Gutknecht, LA Daily News

• 2nd Place: Patrick Fallon, Reuters

• 3rd Place: Ringo Chiu, Freelance

• Honorable Mention: Terry Pierson, Press-Enterprise

Fire

• 1st Place: Mike Meadows, Freelance

• 2nd Karen: Quincy Loberg, Ventura County Star

• 3rd Place: Jennifer Cappuccio Maher, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin

• Honorable Mention: John McCoy, LA Daily News

Sports Feature

• 1st Place: Thomas Cordova, Daily Breeze

• 2nd Place: Terry Pierson, Press-Enterprise

• 3rd Place: Hans Gutknecht, LA Daily News

• Honorable Mention: David Pardo, Daily Press

Spot News

• 1st Place: Thomas Cordova, Daily Breeze

• 2nd Place: Dan Watson, Newhall Signal

• 3rd Place: Sarah Reingewirtz, Pasadena Star-News

Andy Castle Award (Best Dodger photo)

• 1st Place: Mark Terrill, AP

• 2nd Place: John McCoy, LA Daily News

• 3rd Place: Hans Gutknecht, LA Daily News

• Honorable Mention: Mark Terrill, AP

Otto Rothchild Award (Music and Performing Arts)

• 1st Place: Francine Orr, LA Times

• 2nd Place: Scott Varley, Daily Breeze

• 3rd Place: Patrick Fallon, Freelance

• Honorable Mention: Ringo Chiu, Freelance

Portrait

• 1st Place: Ricardo DeAratanha, LA Times

• 2nd Place: Christina House, Freelance

• 3rd Place: David Hume Kennerly, Freelance

• Honorable Mention: Hans Gutknecht, LA Daily News

Sports Action

• 1st Place: Libby Cline, Freelance

• 2nd Place: Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News

• 3rd Place: Mark Terrill, AP

• Honorable Mention: Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News

UCLA

• 1st Place: Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News

• 2nd Place: Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News

• 3rd Place: Jayne Kamin-Oncea, Freelance

• Honorable: Mark Terrill, AP

Web Sports Feature

• 1st: Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register

• 2nd: Christina House, Freelance

• 3rd: Ronen Tivony, Freelance

Web News/In-Depth/Profile

• 1st: Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register

• 2nd: William Langley, JPL

• 3rd: Marilyn Chung, Desert Sun

The Press Photographers Association of Greater Los Angeles celebrated its 80th year this year with an awards banquet that included a brunch at Almansor Court in Alhambra.

There were several other categories, including lifetime achievement and video.

• Gary Freidman, who recently retired from the Los Angeles Times, received the Street Smart award for his leadership and high standard of work during his 36-year career.

• Bill Mochon, best known for his horse racing photography at the Santa Anita, Hollywood Park and Del Mar tracks, received the Lifetime Achievement Award for his still photography work.

• George Zanusoski, who retired from KNBC in 2005, received the Lifetime Achievement Award for his commitment to the television industry, where he handled responsibilities from production and engineering, to news-gathering at the national level.

• Student photojournalist of the year, sponsored by Nikon, was awarded to Jose Lopez from Santa Monica College. The runner up was Daniel Bowyer, also from Santa Monica College.

• Still photographer of the year, also sponsored by Nikon, was awarded to Terry Pierson of the Riverside Press-Enterprise for his yearlong body of work that earned the most points in the monthly photo competition.

The first runner up in points total was Keith Birmingham of the Pasadena Star-News. The second runner up was Thomas R. Cordova from the Daily Breeze.

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